The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12

ing that sta ndard to trail in the dust, I. as a
Democrat, am prepared to hold up that ban
ner and go forth to the people, and ask them
to examine that administration. -,
'.Need | tell yon that every, official act OF
Gov. McEnery has been submitted to the
powerful microscope OF the reformers? NO.;
they have been making a thorough eXamina-
ton, and what have they discovered? NaTer
| have the people had a more honest and good
government. He has never wrapped himself
up III the fold of imperial purple and closed
his doors to anv one; he has always been ad-
| vising with the people for the good OF the
people and the State of Louisiana. Is 1t
proper to abuse, villify and tradGce this hon
orable Chief Executive?
Il blame no one for advocating Gen.
Nichols. Ihave many friends on the other
side, but / tell them that the object of this
canvass is to put the seal of condemnation
on the brow Of that honest Democrat, Sam.
The speaker next took up the campaign of
1884 and the SANDER, and said that tQe
convention removed the SANDER and vlllht-
cation set upon Gov. McEnery by noml-
mating him.
The part played by Gen. Nichols in the
Hunt bolt was next explained. Mr.. rs.
Wilkinson, who was a candidate against Nh,
st. Martin, dill not bolt. Could the great
result of redemption have been achieved had
some Of the Democrats raised the banner of
reform? The Republican party are ready to
organize, and We cannot stand with q divided
Democracy. [Applause.l
hoNs -. r. JONho
was the next speaker. When introduced he
was loudly cheered.
He came in response to an invitation re-
ceiyed while at Shreveport from the ,eXecu-
tive Democratic committee OF Lincoln par
ish. He gave a history Of past campaigns in
which he had taken part. To the present
campaign OF the reformers he urged serious
objections. In olden days these campaign
gotten up for the purpose of advocating the
claims Of one candidate and abusing a Demo-
cratic State administration:
During the delivery of his address, which
consumed an hour, the speaker was Ire
quently and loudly ~applanded.
The Chairman-"I will now introduce to
you as the next speaker one who will give
you facts and figures: one who is known by
our people as a great Journalist. and who
has done as much for the State and the South
as any living man, and as much for the Dem
ocratic party as any man in lt-Major T., A.
Burke"
Major Burke opened by acknowledging
with great satisfaction the invitation of the
Democratic Executive Committee and of the
people, He took it not only as a compliment,
but as an indication Of the fail spirit which
anlmates the people Of Lincoln to hear their
public servants 9hen assailed, and d desire
to hear both sides of pubic questions.
He was not entirely II stranger, having
been with them in the political battles of the
past, and also in
H GREAT INDUSTRIAL CAMPAIGN
that has been ~inaugurated and fought
| throughout the South, and in which Lincoln
parish is destined to play a conspicuous part.
Political speaking is not his forte, and 1t
would have been more e~Ongenlal and pleas
ant to him to have discussed industrial
questions. His political labors have been i'll
the ranks OF the party, and his lncllnatlons
have always been to industrial questions.
But as a public servant. who has held the
peoples commission for nine years, he con-
Sidered it his duty to give an account of his
stewardship, and as a citizen to discuss the
issues Of the day with his feiloW-citiEens
From. the time Of the expositions every
where in the South, towns and cities have
been springing up not alone in Georgia, Ala
bama and Tennessee, but here IN NArth
been inaugurated the increase of wealth of
the South has been 5000, 900, 600. The in
crease III manufactures III adjoining States
has benin Arkansas So, 657. 600, Texas
Sl4, 724. 900, Mississippi Sc. 800, 600, Ala
batna 500, 2S9, 900, Louisiana S134, 1885,
600; d total increase in Southern products
alone of S213. 900, 000. In Southern agrl-
culture there has been an increase Of $780,
772,37S.
In respect TO the 500, 600 appropriation
by the Legislature for the Exposition, he
did not think it vas necessary to say more
when we see what the results have been.
When the Exposition commenced two
thirds of Birmingham was an uncultiyated
field.
He predicted that Lincoln parish, when
explored, would show rich mineral resources.
i Lie Hills Oh AldDtsIIla ana GGOFSlG Qdd UGen
passed over for generations as lit only for
timber and d scanty yield OF crops. Now we
see
CITIES AND TOWNS sPR1NGRG UP,
the smoke of furnaces curling high 70 the
heavens and the busy hum of machinery
through these States and other mineral
States of the South.
May we nothope that North Louisiana and
Lincoln pafTm will soon experience the same
results? But | am leading away in pursr ing
this ~eongenial subject from the political
questions which seemed to be urged to the
frGnt by those who have forced an acrimo-
lnaaaag convention. 1t is i'll vain that the
G9NErnor and his associates have advanced
thf great State OF Louisiana with the prog
re1s that | have described. His efforts seeJNe
oJly defamatlSa ard bitter assault fEom@e
IT, H. tie Psh ee5Ssass,leuKisffif e sa9 3 tas ! ,9 PES.
Idlge eh arss That Rad y f. IT, ad dnei a X5nih had
hfjon aith This Asait ; / 2 ~Pr2 an ed ut t.
IyA5tsd e]xtraets RI AZ speeches Of sleEnery.,
E1stis and BqThsGal recent Gongresslonal
State administration had been in perfect
harmony with the candidacy of Grover
Cleveland and to the fact that the State ad-
ministration had been in perfect harmony
The charge of p~ersonalism of the bEcEnery
government vas net dlseussed. As far Is
/ the patronage OF 3. u. hIcEnerY Has con-
cerned the speaker said that he had never
been consulted by Gov. McEnery respecting
patronage, and no appointments whatever
| had been madn by Gov. McIlneFv on his
solicitation. AT The death of Witt came =
| demand upon04ov. McEneH) that he should
remove the appointees of Witt, and that
| the viii of the Democratic paAy that elected
| W1ltz should ka reversed BY MGEnery. That
demand came from Gen. Nichols support
eYs, and was the caHse Of the hostility to
I Gov. MeEnerE. who refused To apeead to
their demands, and thus inargIrafa per-
| sonaI government in its most violent form.
TIE answer ofaGoy. McFnery was fhqt he
state If he did if. and fiat he bad laid down
| the r11fe that if Il could he sno.r,I To him fhat
any man was corrI1nt Or ncolanetenf that le
wol1Ez remove him. Int that he wo,lId not
| yieIdto the will OF a faction.